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34.\" $FreeBSD$
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36.Dd December 21, 2001
37.Dt MAC_SET 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm mac_set_file ,
41.Nm mac_set_fd ,
42.Nm mac_set_proc
43.Nd set the MAC label for a file or process
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb libc
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In sys/mac.h
48.Ft int
49.Fn mac_set_file "const char *path_p" "mac_t label"
50.Ft int
51.Fn mac_set_fd "int fd" "mac_t label"
52.Ft int
53.Fn mac_set_proc "mac_t label"
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Fn mac_set_file
57and
58.Fn mac_set_fd
59functions associate a MAC label
60specified by
61.Fa label
62to the file referenced to by
63.Fa path_p ,
64or to the file descriptor
65.Fa fd ,
66respectively.
67Note that this function will fail on socket descriptors.
68For information on
69setting MAC labels on socket descriptors see
70.Xr setsockopt 2 .
71The
72.Fn mac_set_proc
73function associates the MAC label
74specified by
75.Fa label
76to the calling process.
77.Pp
78A process is allowed to set a label for a file
79only if it has MAC write access to the file,
80and its effective user ID is equal to
81the owner of the file,
82or has appropriate privileges.
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84.Rv -std mac_set_fd mac_set_file mac_set_proc
85.Sh ERRORS
86.Bl -tag -width Er
87.It Bq Er EACCES
88MAC write access to the file is denied.
89.It Bq Er EBADF
90.Fa fd
91is not a valid file descriptor.
92.It Bq Er EINVAL
93.Fa label
94is not a valid MAC label.
95.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
96Setting MAC labels is not supported
97by the file referenced by
98.Fa fd .
99.It Bq Er EPERM
100The calling process had insufficient privelege
101to change the MAC label.
102.It Bq Er EROFS
103File system for the object being modified
104is read only.
105.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
106.\" XXX POSIX_NO_TRUNC?
107The length of the pathname in
108.Fa path_p
109exceeds
110.Dv PATH_MAX ,
111or a component of the pathname
112is longer than
113.Dv NAME_MAX .
114.It Bq Er ENOENT
115The file referenced by
116.Fa path_p
117does not exist.
118.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
119A component of the pathname
120referenced by
121.Fa path_p
122is not a directory.
123.El
124.Sh SEE_ALSO
125.Xr mac 3 ,
126.Xr mac_free 3 ,
127.Xr mac_get 3 ,
128.Xr mac_text 3
129